Títulos em Arte e Literatura

The last book that Woolf saw to publication in 1940, this stunning biography charts Fry’s early years and education, through to his prominent role in pioneering Post-Impressionism in Britain and the legacy he left behind. Woolf elegantly explores Fry’s intellectual pursuits and artistic philosophy, offering great insight into his exhibitions and literary endeavours. She also paints a nuanced and candid portrait of the man behind the artist, delving into Fry’s relationships and personal demons, creating a poignant tribute to the deeply sensitive and complex soul that Woolf came to know.

Rosa ha solo dieci anni quando lascia la sua famiglia a Tirano, sulle montagne della Valtellina, e va a Milano, per lavorare come apprendista nella sartoria della zia Emilia. La vita di un'apprendista sarta è dura, i turni estenuanti, ma la bambina è sveglia, e dimostra subito un talento speciale per la moda.

Brought to you by Penguin. My friends will respect me, I hope, just as much under my jacket as under my dress... So take me for a man or a woman as you wish. By the age of thirty, the novelist who had been born Aurore Dupin in 1804 had become the internationally renowned George Sand. In English...

Renowned as a novelist, journalist, and humorist, Mark Twain is not only one of the most widely read and admired American writers, he is also among the most quoted. Wit and repartee permeate his work — from the short, light pieces to his great novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and even later, in dark meditations on the human condition where his humor takes on a cynical, satirical twist.

In Traversal, Maria Popova traverses the border between life and death, chance and choice, chemistry and consciousness: what makes a body a person? Popova illuminates our various instruments of reckoning with these questions - our telescopes and our treatises, our postulates and our poems - through the intertwined lives, loves and legacies of visionaries both celebrated and sidelined by history, people born into the margins of their time and place who lived to write the future: Mary Shelley, Walt Whitman, Frederick Douglass, Fanny Wright.

Dalle prime memorie d'infanzia alla morte della madre, Diario d'inverno è il catalogo della vita di un uomo raccontato attraverso il suo corpo. In nessun altro libro Paul Auster era stato tanto spietato e dolce. Forse perché si tratta di arrivare alla verità, la più nascosta, quella più dolorosa, ma anche quella più preziosa.

Em 1943, no auge da carreira, o jornalista e empresário Cásper Líbero, dono da rádio e do jornal A Gazeta, morreu num acidente da ponte aérea quando o avião em que viajava se preparava para aterrissar na Baía da Guanabara. Personagem controverso, cheio de amigos e inimigos, sua história de vida passa pelos intelectuais modernistas, duas revoluções, exílios, a Segunda Guerra, o romance com a francesa Maggy e duas tentativas de derrubar Vargas – a quem apoiou depois, de olho na sobrevivência de sua Gazeta.

In 1529, Michelangelo was in Venice when he first met Titian, Venice's famed painter of princes, gods, and goddesses. Coming face-to-face with Titian's drama-infused, richly colored works, the creator of David and the Sistine Chapel ceiling realized he had met a worthy opponent. Twenty-five years later, Titian came to Rome to paint the pope, and the two met again. Painting in the Vatican, Titian experienced the full power of Michelangelo's work and vowed to surpass the achievements of his older contemporary.

¿Quién fue realmente Miguel de Cervantes? ¿Un genio literario o un aventurero con más intereses en el comercio que en las letras? ¿Por qué fue un escritor tardío? Soldado en Lepanto, cautivo en Argel, comerciante y cobrador de impuestos, Cervantes vivió entre aventuras y constantes reinvenciones, con una vida marcada por intrigas, dudas sobre su fe y relaciones tan misteriosas como polémicas.

From the birth of the house of Windsor in 1917, its leading women - Queen Mary, the Queen Mother, the Duchess of Windsor and Queen Elizabeth II - faced abdication and assassination, revolution and the rise of fascism, the threat of invasion and all-out war. Their sartorial decisions, alongside those of their royal husbands, projected power and perpetuity, diplomacy and defiance.

جذبتني كالنداهة لأغوص في بهورها اللانهائية. وكلما غصت أكثر وغمرتني المياه، طفوت قليلًا، لأعاود الغوص من جديد.. إنها مهنة الصحافة التي عشقتها، وعشتها كأنها الحياة بأكملها! جُمل لأستاذي العظيم (مصطفى أمين) حفرت نفقًا عميقًا في ذاكرة إحساسي، وبؤرة تفكيري: "الصحفي الحقيقي هو من يعيش 24 ساعة صحفيًا"... "أنا أكتب كما أتنفس"..

A quiet, grounding book in turbulent, uncertain times, Body: My Life in Parts, shows the listener how the treasure chest that is her own body can be a source of meaningful discovery, and recovery, of meaning. This book celebrates the body as witness and recordkeeper; a most dependable collaborator in “keeping the score” and in living a more examined life.

Wayne Gales has received accolades as an author, chef, and in the field of resort marketing. Since 1991, Wayne has called Florida home, and he first encountered the enchanting Florida Keys during business trips to the islands. In his leisure time, he diligently examined old microfilm at the Monroe County Library, tracing a Conch family lineage that spans over ten generations. Gales relocated to Key West, where he spent several years living intermittently.

Before he built his cabin at Walden Pond, Henry David Thoreau set out on a quiet journey with his brother—two small boats, two rivers, and seven days of reflection. "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers" is more than a book—it is an invitation to pause, breathe, and find peace in the flow of life.

En un ventoso día de febrero, la autora de Nunca te hagas librero, editora y escritora, negoció la compra de una librería en el ensanche coruñés creyendo que con su nueva adquisición completaba una trilogía de deseos. El asunto es sencillo: se equivocó. Y una vida de relativa tranquilidad se convirtió de la noche a la mañana en una estancia de larga duración en celda compartida con el conde de Montecristo.

Gatsby: Death of an Irishman is a fresh and compelling insight into the life of F. Scott Fitzgerald and the genesis of his most iconic character. Underpinning Fitzgerald’s brilliant but turbulent life was his complex, evolving and surprising relationship with his Irish identity. From childhood shame at being ‘common’ to a patriotic immersion in Irish literature and revolutionary politics at Princeton.

Walt Disney never wrote his memoir, but this book could be considered his autobiography. In 1955, Walt gave a series of interviews to Pete Martin to be printed in multiple articles in the Saturday Evening Post. Much of that material formed the basis of this book, which was published in 1957. Walt's daughter Diane was present during those interview sessions. She acknowledged in a later edition of the book that she is not the author. "It is Pete Martin's book, and my dad's story," she wrote, further noting this book was "one of the first biographies of my dad.

Después de recibir el Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1957, Albert Camus escribió una carta a su antiguo profesor en Argel, Louis Germain, sin el cual «no habría sucedido nada de todo esto» y le expresó todo su reconocimiento. El conjunto de la correspondencia entre estos dos hombres, nunca antes publicada integra, y un fragmento de El primer hombre donde apareció el personaje del profesor M. Bernard se encuentran compilados en Cartas a mi maestro. Una edición en forma de homenaje a ese magnífico vínculo de gratitud y ternura que los unió.

In this deeply personal memoir, architect Leaford Leven Blevins, Jr. traces his journey from a high school drafting champion in Norman, Oklahoma, to a career that spanned continents, disciplines, and decades. An Architect’s Life is not a portfolio—it’s a portrait of a life lived with intention, resilience, and a relentless pursuit of purpose.

Своего рода путевой дневник испанского журналиста, прожившего почти два десятилетия в Юго-Восточной Азии. Следуя по стопам легендарных писателей, Давид Хименес отправляется в собственную одиссею — чтобы понять, что же влекло знаменитостей на Восток.